I am sorry I usually don't talk negative about anyone,at least his actions were stupid. He also endangered his rescuers.

DNR NEWS - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 21, 2013

DNR conservation officers’ actions save man’s life

Training, determination, and the right equipment helped a conservation officer with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources save the life of a man who fell through the ice on a central Minnesota lake.

Acting Lt. Tony Musatov of Sauk Rapids responded to Little Rock Lake near Rice, Minn., on Friday, Nov. 15, after a report of an ice angler breaking through the ice.

On arrival, Musatov asked two volunteer firefighters to assist him in pushing a small boat out across the ice. The ice was too thick near shore to break through so the group pushed the boat across the ice until they were able to break through.

Musatov broke through the ice as well but was able to make his way into the boat and continue to the victim.

Progress was very slow due to ice. When the rescuers were about 35 yards away, the angler, Joshua Johnson, 30, of Sartell, went under water and never resurfaced.

Musatov and the others continued to break ice until they reached the area where Johnson was last seen. Musatov threw a grappling hook and eventually hooked the leg of the victim. CPR was started and Johnson was rushed to the hospital.

Even though Johnson was under water for about 45 minutes, doctors were able to warm his body and get a heartbeat. Johnson was in a coma until early Monday morning, but is now able to communicate with doctors.

Also assisting were DNR conservation officers Mike Martin and Dave Schottenbauer.

Can't Fix Stupid

Being an Ice Rescue Instructor I can tell you this guy is lucky to have been found so quickly and to have survived.

I live in the Mille lacs- Brainerd area about 50 miles north of the incident. Most lakes in the Brainerd area are still mainly wide open with some shallow lakes maybe having 0.25 inches of ice.

previous thread it had to do with fishing, the reason i put it in the fishing forum.

So he went under when they were 35 yards away and he was under for 45 minutes. Rough math means they tried for at least a half hour to 40 minutes with the grappling hook trying to get lucky and snag him. Wow. After about 10 minutes I think I would have thought it was hopeless. Kudos to the rescuers for perseverance.

great work by the DNR officer and the volunteer's..
some of this early ice fishing is done for bragging rights,i know i worked with guys who did that.

quote wetcanoedog: "great work by the DNR officer and the volunteer's..
some of this early ice fishing is done for bragging rights,i know i worked with guys who did that."

I see it early season and than very late spring. I wish when ice is that bad they would just come ask me and I would buy them some fish.

They just don't realize how fast it can happen and must have it won't happen to me attitude.

What about this...
Pickup breaks through lake ice

Now with all of this snow..... it is going to be a rough winter for ice fishing it looks like.

quote Arlo Pankook: "What about this...
Pickup breaks through lake ice "

Yeh every year I see people pushing it to drive on. Even last weekend you could go out on north central lakes and have from 2 to 8 inches of ice. It varies. Now with all this snow as insulating factor,who knows when will get driveable ice.

Remember one time on Mille lacs a man drives out to his fish house early on,parks his truck,get out. Goes into his fish house. The next second his truck falls thru.